The document below details some of what students need to know to prosper in Parnassus. Click on the images to return to class or home pages.

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You name ________________________ Sign Here ____________________________

Reading and Responding to Literature Period ________________________

If Junior Project book which _____ (1-8) Submittal Date _________________

Bibliographic Entry (Author. Title. Place: Publisher, Year. for example Jollymore, Tim W. Christmas in the Winter Garden. Oakland, California: Gladiola Press, 2002.)

What is the Subject of the Novel? ____________________________________________

Find and state (in the author's words) a "defining" passage, one which best summarizes
the direction of the novel-its theme.
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Paraphrase this passage (in your own words):
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Paraphrase three subsidiary, supporting ideas, images or symbols using complete
sentences.

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Make a list of and name the characters you have found in the essay, supply a
characterizing quotation and tell why you think the author used the character.

Character's Name
Quote the text!
Why used?
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Summarize the plot, noting the complications, climax or crisis and resolution of the
piece:

Explain your view on the issues raised in the book. Do you agree, disagree or partially
agree with the author? Give at lease three reasons you believe as you do.

Name your Junior Project theme ________________________________.
How does this book express your Junior Project theme?

List the other Junior Project books and authors you have read on this theme:
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In a discussion of at least 300 words - one page typewritten - explain how the theme you have selected appears in the book you have read tracing at least three threads of characterization, setting, plot devices, diction, style, symbols, or doctrine and philosophy.

As you read addition books, add to this discussion which, in consequence, will grow each time you report. Write fully developed paragraphs and you should write more, as much as possible. Feel free to amend and edit previous writing as you go along.

What should you discuss? Discuss the threads you choose each time, for instance the female characters, how they view themselves, how they veiw their loves, how they are treated and seen by others. What is the societal view of outsiders, another example, how do they tend to act when alone, what is their self-image? You should also consider adding historical detail to illustrate WHY characters act as they do during the time period in which the book is written, and to explain why what happens does, indeed, happen.

Remember, this is your prewrite and preliminary investigation for your Junior Paper which will be written in June. Make your later life easy by working, researching, reading and writing fully now while the book is fresh in your memory.